papa 695s Tamiya 1/48 Churchill Mk VII Crocodile

[adt70hk]

Pulling up a chair. My maternal grandfather was a tool maker at Vauxhall in Luton during the war so every time I see one for real, I wonder what work he did to help it out of the factory.

Andrew

[BattleshipBob]

Loooking very nice Ian, i have the normal Churchill, kit any good

[Mini Me]

Looks good Ian, no worry on the tracks...pretty straight forward. I'm not too familiar with this particular tank, I noticed it has a trailer in the box art pic. What purpose does it serve? Cheers, Rick H.

[papa 695]

Looks good Ian, no worry on the tracks...pretty straight forward. I'm not too familiar with this particular tank, I noticed it has a trailer in the box art pic. What purpose does it serve? Cheers, Rick H.

This version is a flame throwing Tank and the trailer carries the fuel Rick.

[Mini Me]

:thumb2::thumb2:

[Si Benson]

And I thought panzers had a lot of wheels:surprised:

[Guest]

Interesting that Tamiya doesn’t provide a full length of track. On the one hand it makes sense to not supply tracks that won’t be seen, but on the other, there are lots of photos of Churchills with some or most of the track guards missing (many had the centre section removed in muddy conditions), so it has me wondering if Tamiya provides extra sections of track to cater for that?

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
By the speedy way this has gone together it must be a nice fitting kit. Si mentioned the number of wheels - cleaning up that lot must have been mind numbing :tongue-out3:
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Great update Ian. You will soon have this one licked. Any stowage going on?

[papa 695]

Great update Ian. You will soon have this one licked. Any stowage going on?

Thanks Steve, and yes I’m going to put some stowage onto this one.

[papa 695]

Well I’ve got the lower hull primed and painted, also the tracks. They need a little weathering now.

[scottie3158]

Hi Ian,
Apologies mate missed this up till now. Great work so far nice subtleties on the paint.

[papa 695]

Got this just about built, and all primed ready for painting.

It’s been a lovely little kit that goes together very nicely.

[scottie3158]

Ian,
Looking good that is coming together nicely.

[Steve Jones]

Blimey! Theres no stopping you Ian. Looks like you have been having a lot of fun. This hobby is a lot easier when you have a good kit to build. Great stuff :thumb2: